politics ch 5
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 political efficacy | belief that citizens can make a difference in politics by expressing an opinion or acting politically |
| socialization | how ppl learn political beliefs (through families, schools, communities, religious institutions etc) |
| political efficacy | belief that the citizen can make a difference in politics by expressing an opinion or acting politically |
| sampling error | problem with opinion polls: chance variaiton that occurs as result of using representative, but small sample to estimate characteristics of a larger population |
| selection bias | distortion caused when a sampling methis systematically includes or excludes people with certain attitudes from the sample |
| focus groups | small groups of ppl brought together to talk about issues or candidates: too small to provide estimates of public opinion, but useful for testing appeal of ads, terms, slogans etc. |
| measurement error | error that arises from attempting to measure something as subjective as opinion |
| Roe v. Wade | legalized abortion |
| planned parenthood v. casey | legalized abortion |
| information cost | time and mental effort requird to absorb and store information, whether from conversations, personal experiences, or media |
| issue public | group of people particularly affected by or concerned with a specific issue |
| political elites | people deeply involved in politics, have well-structured ideologies that bind together their positions on different policy issues |
| mass public | ordinary people for whom politics is not very important |
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